2nd May, 2024 11:00

Bank Note Auction - Part Two

 
  Lot 182
 

182

Specimen Bank Note: National Bank Ultramarino specimen 100 Escudos

Sold for £340
Estimated at £300 - £500


 
Specimen Bank Note: National Bank Ultramarino specimen 100 Escudos, dated 1921, issued by Banco Nacional Ultramarino, two signatures, no serial numbers, two red BRADBURY WILKINSON SPECIMEN overprints to face, one cancellation hole, clean and flat but evidence of very shallow creasing to edge in places, and discolouration to edges and corners with some rounding of all corners, a fold evident to top left corner, and significant damage with two perforations to left hand margin that appears to be from the use of a staple, a number of small spots and marks her and there on face and back